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2000 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru (4/2/2011)
Best Sauzet I have had for a long time. This was second of two very different, but very good white Burgs on the night. It was hard to choose between them, but the Sauzet was certainly close to Grand Cru quality. It had a very solid nose – deep reservoirs of scents here: butter, cream, saline seashelly mineral and layers of white fruit. Very impressive stuff. Just as good on the palate too. Glorious depth and concentration, rather rich, but clearly with great complexity. It had layer after layer of white fruit, superb minerality with a nice chalkiness, a lick of butter and a touch of toast at the finish, and all this wed to lovely freshness and great length as the wine wound away. Not subtle for sure – this was screaming “I am a great wine, look at me!” and yet there was so much that was good here that I could not help but like it. A bit show-offish, but this really good, and still very young too. The Meursault on the same flight was drinking better despite being 10 years its junior, but I can only imagine how good this wine will be given a few more years in the bottle. Solid stuff. (93 pts.)
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